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The Letters "Gg", "Oo", and "Uu"!! (March 24-28)

3/30/2014

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MONDAY:
During Montessori work time, Hank worked on the "Tree" puzzle, manipulating pieces to fit, Byron worked with magnets, figuring out the negative and positive sides, while Dax and Asher worked on the Teen Bead Hangers, Dax with the 11-20 numbers, and Asher with 1-10.
Dom's group started this week with the letter "Gg", brainstorming words that began with the letter,
Lizzies group introduced letters "Oo" and "Uu", and practiced writing it in their notebooks. Kinder Blossom also introduced the same letters, brainstormed words and went on a field trip for items for the Letter boxes.
TUESDAY:
During Montessori work time, Jasper, Miya, Ben and I worked on the South America Puzzle. I distributed the pieces to them and they each took turns figuring out where it went and the name of the city they had just placed down. It was a great lesson, as we practiced using our fine motor skills, and name recognition of the continents and there cities.
Doms group continued with words and sounds for the letter "Gg", while Lizzies group started their Octopus Art, and Kinder Blossom practiced writing and tracing the letter "Oo", and identifying items  that start with the letter.

WEDNESDAY:
I apologize for the shortage of pictures today.

We had a special visit from Ms Toni today, she took a couple of friends at a time outside to help pick up trash, and do exercises in the parking lot. While Lizzie and I had our friends in the back helping with our garden and newly potted plants.

Ms Daphne joined us for Spanish in the afternoon, before we made our way outside!


THURSDAY:
We started Thursday indoors, due to the weather, with some new Montessori works on our practical life shelf! Jasper worked with the buttons and string, stringing it through and making different designs. Addie worked with the magnetic letters, spelling the words, Go, Owl, and Us on a cooking sheet. Dax worked with the lacing shoe, working on his fine motor skills, while Olive and Miya exercised their fine motor and pouring skills.

During Doms group, we traced the upper and lower case Gg with Glue, and sprinkled Green and Gold Glitter on them, Lizzies group worked on their Octupus', painting paper plates and gluing on pipe cleaners, while Ms Liz took over kinder blossom, due to Arielle out sick, but they all helped Liz pick up where they left off :)

We enjoyed a lovely afternoon of Spanish :)

FRIDAY:
As always, we started this Friday with Dance Party and a fun outdoor community activity! We decorated our newly sprouted tree limbs with dangling Gold decorative balls, adding them high and low, and enjoying their reflection.
We had a nice morning picnic outside, before beginning our art project. With Spring here, we painted Suns on paper plates and hung them around the playground, displaying our art for our Afternoon Potluck!
For our cooking class, Mr Mike came in and gave groups a tour of his food truck bus, Thrilled Cheese! After getting off of the truck, Ben, Dax, and Asher ran up to the top of the play scape, and told Arielle, "We are in the food truck, What would you like to order?"! Soon Everyone was "making and ordering" grilled cheese sandwiches as we enjoyed the afternoon and our Spring Fling Potluck!

XO
Dom-Dom













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Happy Spring!

3/24/2014

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Welcome back!  We certainly hope everyone had a fun and safe break! We are all so happy to be back at The Sprout with all of our friends.

Monday:  We had an amazing morning, everyone was so happy to be back at school, to learn and plkay again.  This morning after drop off we came inside for snack and had Montessori work time.  We then split into our small groups.  Dom’s group

Lizzie’s group introduced the letter Dd and Hh.  We then brainstormed words that began with each letter.  The kiddos did a great job, we nearly filled up the entire dry erase board with words!  Some of the Sprouts had the idea of decorating hearts tpo hang up in our classroom, so we headed to the table and used water colors and markers as decoration.  Kinder Blossom  also introduced the letter Dd, then brainstormed words that begin with Dd.  They then went on a scavenger hunt around the school to make their Dd box.

This afternoon Miss Liz joined us in our classroom as she is subbing for Mr. Nick.  We are all so excited she gets to spend so much time with us.  She joined both groups for yoga then headed outside for afternoon pick -ups.

Tuesday:  We started this morning outside with a lot of knock knock jokes.  We also played Red Light, Green Light.  Our Montessori work time was cut short today so we could march outside to the backyard and plant seeds with the rest of the classes.  The pre-tot and toddler classes planted sage in egg cartons while the Sunflowers each got their own pot and planted cherry tomatoes.  We can’t wait to watch them grow!  During small group Dom’s group brainstormed words that began with Bb then went outside to play with balloons.  Lizzie’s group and Kinder Blossom both practiced writing the letter Dd.  This afternoon we enjoyed yoga with Miss Vanessa and water coloring on the deck.

Wednesday:  This morning after our Montessori work time we broke into small groups.  Dom’s group practiced tracing numbers with the Montessori Sand Paper Numbers.  Lizzie’s group went through both letter boxes and drew in their journals.  Kinder Blossom brainstormed words that begin with the letter Hh then went on a scavenger hunt to make their Hh box.  This afternoon we had Show and Tell then Spanish with Miss Daphne.  Miss Liz sat in with both groups today for her first Spanish class.  She said all the kiddos are really picking up on Spanish!

Thursday:  This morning we all played basketball and soccer outside.  We also enjoyed playing with the parachute and coloring on the big table.  Spring time is definitely here and we are all exited to spend a lot of time outside.  Today during small groups Dom’s group played with play-doh.  Lizzie’s group practiced writing their Hh’s then played a dice game.  We each took turns rolling the dice then counted the number of dots we saw and kept count on the dry erase board.  Kinder Blossom also practiced writing their Hh’s.   This afternoon after nap we went out to the deck to do some ‘Spring Cleaning’.  We went through all the toys and decided which ones we wanted to keep and which ones we were done with.  We also washed the chairs, buckets, and dome climber with soap and water.  We then had yet another wonderful Spanish class with Miss Daphne.

Friday:  Happy Friday!  We had an epic dance party this morning.  We also played with balloons, bubbles and hula hoops.  We also worked in the garden and planted more cherry tomatoes. 
This afternoon we had a cooking project with Chef Mike and watched the Pre-Tot parade.

Have a great week!
Love Lizziev

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Welcoming March!!! (March 3-7)

3/9/2014

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MONDAY
Montessori work was a success! Friends working on newer or more challenging works and lessons. 

We then broke up into our small groups
Doms group introduced the letter Z!
Lizzies group introduced letter B!
While Kinder Blossom also introduced B and H!


TUESDAY

_We had a late start but that didnt stop everyone from being in great energies.

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Doms group practiced zipping and unzipping their coats, while some friends worked on their writing using dry erase markers and a dry erase board! 


WEDNESDAY
Lizzies group worked on their Ghosts during group time. 
Kinder Blossom practiced writing their letter H on the dry erase board

Doms group worked on writing in their notebooks. 

We enjoyed books outside, and Ms Daphne for Spanish!!




THURSDAY:
Kinder Blossom  brainstormed about the upcoming Police visit!

Doms group worked on their letter Z, zebra art! 









FRIDAY:
Dance party Friday!!

We had a very special visitor come join us in the afternoon. Mr Michael, our new police friend! 


Kinder Blossom and the Primary class got to tour the cop car, hear the sirens, and watch the lights turn off and on! Thanks Officer Michael!!!


XO

Dom
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February 24-28 (Letters Bb and Tt)

3/2/2014

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Monday:  Dom’s group was introduced to their letter of the week which is Tt.  They watched the Tt video, read books that began with the letter Tt, and went on a treasure hunt outside.  Lizzie’s group (which Mr. Nick led that day) made the Bb box, watched the Bb video, and brainstormed words that begin with the letter Bb. 

We enjoyed yoga and centers in the afternoon.

Tuesday:  Dom’s group discussed dinosaurs and bugs that begin with the letter Tt, went through their Tt bag, and practiced writing the letter Tt.  Lizzie’s group went through the Bb box, practiced writing their names with dry erase markers, then built buildings with blocks.  Kinder Blossom brainstormed words that begin with Bb, made their Bb box, and cleaned Little Dragon’s cage. 

This afternoon during circle time Miss Lizzie and Arielle told the Sunflowers all about their trips.  Then we enjoyed centers and yoga.

Wednesday:  We started our day off inside due to the weather.  We played with play-doh, worked in the Construction center, worked on several different art projects and read many books together. 

Today Dom’s group made Tt’s using tire tracks and tape.  They also wrote in their notebooks, and named their favorite Tt words.  Lizzie’s group Practiced writing the letter Bb in their binders. (Feel free to ask your Sprout to show you their writing! They know where we keep our binders)  We then painted butterflies and wrote in our journals.  Kinder Blossom also practiced writing the letter Bb on worksheets, they also colored a map of Texas and made cards. 

This afternoon we enjoyed Spanish with Miss Daphne, she read us a story in Spanish on her Ipad, which the kiddos loved!

Thursday:  This morning during outside time we had a funeral for the Toddler’s hermit crab Bruno.  We all gathered around the garden to say our goodbyes, sang songs about love while Mrs. Jackie buried him.  We will all miss you Bruno!

During small groups Dom’s group practiced putting on their socks, shoes, and jackets.  Lizzie’s group used teamwork to put together a number puzzle.  Then read a story and picked out all the words that began with the letter Bb.  Kinder Blossom played a math game “How many days do you go to school?”

This afternoon during Spanish we bowled on the deck!  It was a blast!

Friday:  This beautiful Friday was jam packed with awesome activites outside!  We had an absolute blast dancing in the sunshine! What an awesome way to start off our day.  For snack Miss Toni led a special AM cooking project; we made smoothies outside with blueberries, bananas and strawberries. We also had lunch outside.  After nap we headed out to the deck to play with bubbles and eat cupcakes to celebrate Miya’s 4th birthday!  We then went to the backyard for our PM cooking project with Chef Mike where we made tzatzaki.  The kiddos all really enjoyed it!

What a great end to an even better week!

Much love, Lizzie



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